Monster Hunter

[desert light]

Anyway, the monster hunter world being low fantasy and having some kind of "bio energy" as an additional resource also neatly justified why the world has so much megafauna - there's simply more energy and richer amounts to go around

[lapis juniper]

Permian but with humans be like

[hollow comet]

wilds bow is pretty fun, I like the coating system and the perfect dodges

makes me want to give it another go in Rise, maybe without the Berserk set though

I think Bloodblight negates the Kushala Blessing regen? so if I get Bloodblighted then I'm already in a bit of a pinch, even more so if I get hit (often)

I'll throw together another set

[teal halo]

i think if barroth sneezed it would sound like a pipe organ

[tardy grotto]

Yesssssss

[lapis juniper]

Should I trust the Wilds Steam reviews?

[vale quartz]

I haven't had any problems with it but a lot of people have performance issues and I think that's what all the negative reviews are for

[frank epoch]

The performance is pretty rough without frame generation. I have a pretty good system and even on like high settings I was only getting like 30-45 fps

[lapis juniper]

god damn

what does 'pretty good' mean here lol

cuz my system's parts are all around 5 years old save my ssd

I have a 2060

[frank epoch]

I have a 4070 and a...12th or 13th gen mid-range Intel processor

[lapis juniper]

well

fuck

XD

[frank epoch]

I think you would have significant trouble lmao

Idk if the 20 series can even do frame generation

[lapis juniper]

It caaaaaaaaan

a liiiiittle

XD

[frank epoch]

Might be the only way to run it

[hollow comet]

yeah I've been running unstable 30 fps upscaled, I've been having fun but sometimes it's a bit of a bummer

[balmy swan]

I've been getting decent performance from it but I also got a new rig with a 4080 specifically for Wilds

It's really unfortunate tbh. I feel like the graphics could be knocked down to World-ish levels without the game losing much, and it would run far far better

[hollow comet]

yeah, i think world looked good enough

some of the new effects are great even for my graphics level, i love rey dau and zoh shia's stuff

I really want to play more world, but my reason for being a little hesitant is kinda silly: not getting money for guiding lands hunts

it's where i want to go to just smack monsties and get some upgrades, and there's not really a lore reason to be getting paid, but 1. I'll need the moners and 2. I like having zenny (and video game currency in general) 😭 as a side indicator of progression

[daring current]

Faux Felyne headgear is fucking funny because it moves.

[Spoilers for Low Rank endgame]

Also y'all should do the event quest to get it. We can truly be the Paw Patrol that way.

[willow charm]

sword and shield says you can use items while it's equipped, but when i press the item button it just unequips them. Weapon wheel works fine though. Is there something i need to change in the settings?

playing Rise, if it makes a difference

[hollow comet]

try holding R2/ZR to block, and then use it

[daring current]

So i need to grind for a fuckin' Rathian aruby

At least i'll look fashionable doing it.

[hollow comet]

shell yeah

[daring current]

"parry this you filthy casual" okay i will

[willow charm]

kid in math class: when will i ever use this in real life??
real life: which is better, a weapon with 190 attack that does 25% more damage 15% of the time, or a weapon with 215 attack that does 25% less damage 30% of the time

[hollow comet]

sooo true

[outer heron]

should be the latter by like 1 average damage, yeah?

unless i did the math wrong

[elder lava]

So, question
Now that Artian gunlances aren't complete crap, how does the whole system actually work, and what is a 'good' Artian?

[desert light]

Make weapon out of parts.

You want 3 parts that are all doing the same thing - so so the same element + attack up (affinity parts are shitty because it's easy to get affinity elsewhere, hard to get raw damage)

Then reinforce it you get random rolls

Ideally you want at least 2 attack up rolls and a sharpness roll

It's possible to get attack up x 4 reinforcement + sharpness, but this is very hard to get

There's ways to save scum the rng

[void narwhal]

It remains my not favorite system even with weapon transmog

[desert light]

If you're extra lazy, there are mods that let you just edit your Artian rolls to be whatever you want

Which frankly, given what a pain the arse grind it is, I highly recommend

A sharpness x2 + attackx 3 reinforced weapon is lovely.

Most weapons go for making a Para version as Artian weapons get crazy status for free

(Greatsword makes sleep, because Greatsword has amazing wakeups. It's up to you for other weapons. Para is better if you do multiplayer)

Artian weapons with perfect rolls are like 5-10% better than the monster crafted weapons. The big thing is they also have amazing deco slots, at cost of no inherent skills

Which usually means you can cram crit boost into them happily

Plus other good stuff

Like I have Crit boost maxed, focus 3 and handicraft 1 in my Greatswords

[stiff dust]

if ur like me and you avoid para cause it's more fun to you that way blast is a baller alternative

[rich valve]

I think an Artian Gunlance with bad rolls is still worse than the best Gunlances you can craft without RNG so I wouldn't worry about it overmuch unless you're trying to build for something specific (in which case the 3 decoration slots will probably be good)

[desert light]

If you don't have the decos, Artian weapons are a lot worse

[rich valve]

i still dont have artillery jewel three

[elder lava]

Got it, part of me is a little bored of GArkveld since that one is still hideously powerful, just not completely best in slot

[brave hazel]

Aye, and it still makes an opening when the monster flinches from getting explodiated

Plus the old World instinct of "Blast=Best" is still ingrained in me

[hollow comet]

I've been having a blast with my blast coatings, rocking the Rey Dau bow

[brave hazel]

Wish there were more Rey Dau weapons ngl

[hollow comet]

although having only Blast and Pierce is a little tough to work with sometimes

[brave hazel]

A Rey Dau HBG in the style of World's Zinogre HBG would've kicked ASS

[balmy swan]

oh, i was so mad when there wasn't a Rey Dau swaxe

the CB's design kicks ass tho, that made up for it

[hollow comet]

👀

might try to make that next

i like round shield CBs

waiter! waiter! more Hunter Symbol IIIs please!

[willow charm]

the heavy bowgun is a lot cooler than the light bowgun

it's a shame that it's so so much worse

20% more damage is not worth having 20% as much mobility

I feel like it has to be balanced around 4-player where you can have someone else draw aggro while you sit there immobile firing

[brave hazel]

God I hope they reintroduce Frostfang at some point

[void narwhal]

I miss Barroth

Fun early monster, fun design, fun noise, unique little mud mechanic

[hollow comet]

where are its weak points? my friend who's new to mh had a lot of trouble with IG against it

I said legs and belly but apparently he bounced there as well

[void narwhal]

His lil' t-rex arms and tail iirc

But he's also just an early "sharpness is a mechanic to watch for" kinda guy

[hollow comet]

mm makes sense

tyty

[brave hazel]

What's the best "generalist" element?

Like, what element has the most weaknesses among monsters?

[mystic cape]

Are you talking about just the 5 elements of Fire, Water, Ice, Thunder, and Dragon or are we including the 4 Statuses of SLeep, Paralysis, Poison, and Blast?

[willow charm]

my gut says Dragon is the overall most consistent damage dealer

[naive elk]

if it's world go Blast

[mystic cape]

It also depends on what weapon you're using as not all benefit from elements

[visual lava]

World either go Blast or raw with non-ele boost

I wouldn't recommend an elemental weapon for a "general use" set you plan on using against all monsters unless there's something special about the weapon itself

[snow helm]

Yeah, unfortunately monster elemental weaknesses are rarely impactful enough to warrant crafting up an entire elemental weapon from the lowest tier to wherever you are currently

In general, Dragon is the element most likely to be generally useful to have because all the Elder Dragons are typically weakest to it (except for Kirin and Vaal but they're still 1 star weak, rather than 2-3) and Dragon weapons typically have elderseal

But even then it's better to go for Raw or Blast for maximum overall damage and ease of use

And, typically, Blast is recommended because Blast weapons already have very good Raw damage and then blast is just a treat on top

All of this is in reference to World, I should say

[mystic cape]

Unless you're using Dual Blades

Then you want one of each element

[brave hazel]

Trying to decide on a kinsect element lol

[mystic cape]

Oh then you are really on the wrong track

Your kinsect does not do enough damage for that to matter outside of meme/challenge runs

[naive elk]

get the fastest one possible

or one that can gather two extracts

nothing else matters

[mystic cape]

Speaking of the glaive though, you're either Raw Blasting it or making one of each element for specific monster match ups

[naive elk]

i prefer to raw blast it tbh

[mystic cape]

Insect Glaive is one of the weapons that happens to be sitting between raw and element being the best in World

Wilds I think is a similar case, but I could just be thinking of the Artian system

[willow charm]

insect glaive would be very cool if it did damage

[vapid quartz]

im a fan of para since it can just sometimes give you an extra opening once , otherwise its not super necessary

[hollow comet]

got an attack +9 charm in MHGU last night to replace my +4

maybe I can sneak in 10 points of critical eye somewhere now, hopefully I can find legs with critical eye

[brave hazel]

D'you think this is how Plesioth evolved

[outer heron]

's its origin story, yeH

[heady stone]

One day everyone who talks about Dwarf Fortress will admit all the stuff they say about the game is a mass prank and I will be vindicated in my conspiracy theory

[mystic cape]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/398230753714110465/1382017770748776598/RDT_20250610_1024551501942359490616779.jpg?ex=68499fd9&is=68484e59&hm=ad54f371ca9a2990c07dcdcc6fd9f9eaf8bfdcc2ee54e4b0c8d922807826e156&

[brave hazel]

Please GOD let them shadowdrop Bazel

[mystic cape]

But what if they shadowdrop Bazel, Jho, and Raj and have them all show up in the same quest and the characters all flip their shit while the Hunter goes "Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!"

[lapis juniper]

I could unironically do that

[mystic cape]

Same

[hollow comet]

I've never fought deviljho

it looks scary

[lapis juniper]

Oh it's fiiiiine

It's an anjanath with dragon and more flailing

[mystic cape]

Also a defense down debuff

[hollow comet]

😨

[mystic cape]

Also singlehandedly capapble of destroying entire ecosystems by eating them all to death

[hollow comet]

do you combat those with adamant seeds

[mystic cape]

Yes

[hollow comet]

gotcha..

[lapis juniper]

Jho's legend is let down by their combat capabilities in game imo

[mystic cape]

Deviljho is one of those few monster species that the Guild kills on sight due to its destructive nature

[hollow comet]

getting chased by savage jho through elder's recess

[hollow comet]

oh dang

[lapis juniper]

savage jho is a threat, admittedly

[hollow comet]

that's cool lore

[mystic cape]

You can't coexist with something that wants to eat you, your family, your pets, your house, and your entire neighborhood

[heady stone]

Isnt he part of the main questline in GU? For Hub/Airship?

[heady stone]

He a tanky boi tho.

[balmy swan]

I always found Jho a bit intimidating but that might have been because he kept jumping me while I was trying to do something else

His big dragon breath AoE can be a bit scary if you're not ready for it, though

[hollow comet]

hmmmm, i don't remember!

will check my hunter's log

[balmy swan]

I do have a fondness for Jho's weapons in World, since any amount of Handicraft will get you to white sharpness, which is huge in HR

I had a really good build going with a couple of Kushala armor parts giving me Handicraft and Evade Extender for the Jho swaxe

[void narwhal]

I love ol' Jho

He's a bit silly but that Sudden Invasion was way more menacing back when everyone was slow as hell

[willow charm]

so how real is magic in monster hunter

the big final dragons in Rise straight-up have telekinesis and psychic abilities, but idk how canon that game is

there's also the hunting horn, but I'm not sure if the explanation is just that the sound itself makes your body heal its wounds in MH universe

(the implications of which would be astounding once they get the technology for record players/speakers)

[vapid quartz]

mh is like, preindustrial science fiction imo that does have what is essentially magic as long as you can come up with a biological reason for it that is believable within context

[willow charm]

yeah I can buy that for all the lasers/lightning/hovering/etc. But I don't see how there's a biological reason for psychically controlling someone miles away or moving boulders that you're not touching or making air currents

[balmy swan]

MonHun is like, magic is real in the sense that "life energy" is a real and quantifiable thing in the setting and can be manipulated to do extraordinary things

[visual lava]

what does "magic" mean?

because obviously physics don't work the same way in the monhun universe

[balmy swan]

What exactly can be done with it varies a bit between games

Depending on their tone

Some get a bit more gonzo with it than others

I don't think I'd say that there's a "canon" for the series in terms of strictly defining what is and isn't possible, more that there's a sort of core of ideas that gets interpreted differently in different games

[mystic cape]

And then there's Wylk

[rich valve]

there don't seem to be wizards in monster hunter but some monsters can do unexplainable things

[visual lava]

Is the question whether or not "magic" exists from the perspective of people in-universe?

[mystic cape]

It's not called magic

It's called "whatever the fuck an Elder Dragon does"

[visual lava]

dragon energy

[snow helm]

I feel like there's always a certain amount of the Guild trying to "dispel" beliefs about monsters being mythical and magical rather than unexplained physical phenomena

[mystic cape]

Well a lot of the Guild is dedicated to studying and understand monsters so "dispelling the mysticism" kinda happens on its own

Or should over time, anyway

[void narwhal]

That's part of why I love Elders

Scientists just pouting 'WE DON'T KNOW'

'How does it work?' 'It does.' 'But how?' 'Processes.'

[snow helm]

Simple then, Elder Dragons run on dark matter

[mystic cape]

Fatalis probably does

[real zodiac]

Manhunt doesn't have magic in the sense of spells, but it also just doesn't care about physics at all

[teal halo]

I love how chameleos is an elder dragon purely because they don’t know how it does anything it does. Not power, just confusion.

[real zodiac]

Yup

Wastebin taxa

[balmy swan]

"elder dragon" is a classification defined by the shared characteristic of "what in the actual fuck"

[snow helm]

At least most of them have the hexapodal thing going, even Nakarkos and Yama

[brave hazel]

What do I need to gather for this ingredient here?

[hollow comet]

no jho in my log as of now :O

[rapid lion]

Kirin is similarly "wtf" if you look at it because it just... does not behave like an animal in some ways. It calls down lightning from the sky.

[teal halo]

It makes no sense.

[naive elk]

the design is very consistent to nautre

[willow charm]

all the ice attacks make me wonder

has there ever been a single organism that actively reduces nearby temperature (without tools)

[desert light]

In real life? I have no idea

[willow charm]

I'm not sure if there's any way it would be biologically possible

let us salute the electric eel for singlehandedly making all electricity creatures in fiction feel plausible

[visual lava]

I mean, does cooling down your own body count as "nearby temperature"? I don't think there's any examples in real life; I'm not even sure it would be theoretically possible.

[rapid lion]

If something released a highly pressurized gas, it'd cause cooling as it expanded I think; I really hope I'm not remembering physics wrong. You could also have a chemical with a strongly endothermic reaction with air, but I don't know if such a chemical exists.

[balmy swan]

I think in order to cool down your surroundings IRL you would need to be absorbing heat at a pretty high rate

And I think there are chemical reactions that do that

But on the organism level? No idea

Oh Bananatron sniped my point 😛

[hollow comet]

this cephadrome character is kinda aggressive 😩

forgot sonic bombs

[teal halo]

Ok I have a question

What actually IS wylk?

I have my own theory but I want to know if other people know

My theory is that wylk is bioenergy made into a material

[mystic cape]

How far into the game are you?

Just checking so I don't spoil stuff

[teal halo]

I’m facing guardians now but I know EVERYTHING

[mystic cape]

My best guess is it's a combination of life energy and essential proteins/nutrients

Since ||Guardians appear to be partly made out of the stuff||

[brave hazel]

I feel it's got something to do with the bioenergy that was discussed in World

[teal halo]

Wait. Solidified bioenergy is also in world

Maybe it’s some sort of artificial bioenergy

[brave hazel]

Could be, or harnessed bioenergy that solidifies as a byproduct

[teal halo]

Whatever it is, it has some sort of elemental amplification from what I’ve heard.

[mystic cape]

Striking the crystals with elemental damage causes them to explode with matching energy

And it chain reacts

So if the monster has an elemental attack you need to detonate them first

[teal halo]

Interesting.

This sorta links up with my theory that elemental affinities and resistances are caused by a creatures bioenergy

[teal halo]

Wait. This theory would mean that ||the dragontorch is an artificial everstream||

[willow charm]

bruh

I was doing a story mission in World. A Bazelgeuse showed up and it played a cutscene introducing it, and I got killed during the cutscene

didn't actually matter besides a bit of money, but still very annoying

[brave hazel]

That's my boy

[tardy grotto]

||That's Gammoth, right?||

[halcyon fractal]

yeah

[teal halo]

My monster hunter wilds experience for the past couple months has been “Kill Six Billion Nerscylla” AND I DIDNT EVEN SUCCEED IN MY GOAL BEFORE I JUST WENT AND BITCH SLAPPED NU UDRA INTO THE DIRT

I am so mad at both myself and gypceros because I HAVE TOO MANY RUBBERY HIDES

[balmy swan]

got one of them 8* tempered Nu Udra hunts

gonna try to solo it a bit later

[hollow comet]

[brave hazel]

...I suddenly find myself sorely tempted to start leaning how to use dual blades

[rapid lion]

they're fun!

[hollow comet]

^^

[balmy swan]

okay yeah just did the 8* Nu Udra hunt with my partner

that thing's got hands (eight to be precise)

we were down to the last cart

[hollow comet]

[hollow comet]

my friend's working through world atm

😌

[tardy grotto]

I should get back to World

Got to Elders Recess, haven't touched it for over a week

[willow charm]

god Stun sucks

"Hey guess what? you got unlucky, so now you need to do a Mario Party minigame or lose the last half hour of your life"

[brave hazel]

And it doesn't even work

Reduces stun by like

Half a second

[void narwhal]

I only really like stun in the context of Thunderblight, but do wish there was some way to tell if you were like at the threshold

[brave hazel]

Yeah

[void narwhal]

Or like if only realbighits built it

instead of being nudged excessively but a scrambling monster

[willow charm]

i think it's interesting that hunting horn has such tiny play rate

i think MMOs give people the impression that if something is marketed as "support", it's not going to be good individually, and in a game like monster hunter you want to be able to function well on your own

but like, even fully singleplayer it's so good

compared to hammer it has less base damage and can't charge, but has literally the fastest move speed in the game and can easily give yourself healing and/or buffs (including attack up to do more than hammer)

[outer heron]

and also the status application in wilds is fucking zonked

para echo bubbles are actual degen mode

it's so good

[frank epoch]

It's reserved for only the most giga of chads

I may be biased

[outer heron]

ough

[hollow comet]

whoaaa

[mossy meteor]

Someone made a really good point about gauntlet style weapons. They cover up your armor gloves.

I really really want the fist punch weapons but its a hard point to argue against

[balmy swan]

I love watching Uno play solo hunting horn, it's a thing of beauty

[hollow comet]

I've gotta try Wilds GS, looking through Aris' build guide rn and it looks very fun

[frank epoch]

Are they a speedrunner?

[frank epoch]

Wilds GS is fantastic

[balmy swan]

Nah, Uno is a pretty casual player, though he's as good as you'd expect from someone who's been playing since the 3U days.

He's also a fantastic editor, which makes his videos that much more fun to watch

[balmy swan]

Definitely recommend Wilds GS, I switched onto it for HR when I was struggling with the swaxe and it feels really damn good

[hollow comet]

I'll give it a shot after a bit more swaxe

I've been picking up weapons and running up the food difficulty chain with each of them

still need to get a bow and GL clear on Zoh Shia, and need to take out some T3 Tempereds with bow, and then those 2 are done

[balmy swan]

Also GS is really good for teaching you to take your time positioning and pick your moment to attack. So much so that I found myself getting better at it in Dark Souls after picking up GS in Wilds 😛

[hollow comet]

it's been really fun learning each of them

[hollow comet]

👀

[balmy swan]

Turns out there's a lot of skill overlap between MH greatsword and DS1 zweihander

(I like big swords and I cannot lie)

[hollow comet]

I will keep this in mind...

[mystic cape]

I've always held that MH and DS are more similar than people think

[hollow comet]

been thinking of going back to DS3 or ER one of these months

[mystic cape]

What with the series of boss fights and all

[hollow comet]

I think mh taught me a lot more positioning which has been really satisfying to learn

though I have only played the newer souls games

will try to carry my new skills back over 😌

[balmy swan]

The series of boss fights, but also the combat being relatively slow-paced and based around reading patterns and managing animation commitment

[mystic cape]

I've not beaten Dark Souls despite being Elden Ring, Sekiro, Demons' Souls remake, AC6, and other souls like I played like Code Vein and the Nioh games

[balmy swan]

I agree, they are very similar

[mystic cape]

The reason I've not beaten DS is MOTHERFUCKING BLIGHT TOWN

[hollow comet]

oh wow, a perfect tackle keeps and upgrades charge level by 1

[brisk dirge]

Yeah

Tackling through stuff is how you can go up in charge quickly

[outer heron]

til that lagiacrus has a real whole-ass fish named after it

[mystic cape]

Like a real world one?

[willow charm]

i hate rathalos so much

[hollow comet]

get down here

[willow charm]

> rathalos is on the top of the map
> sprint and climb to the top of the map
> before i get there he flies to the middle of the map
> jump down and sprint to the middle of the map
> before i get there he flies back to the top of the map
> sprint and climb back to the top of the map
> before i get there he flies to another corner of the map

[hollow comet]

[hollow comet]

omfg

yeah

[willow charm]

literally ten minutes of running around before i just returned from quest

[hollow comet]

i timed out in a world investigation because for the first 15 mins, neither rathalos nor the scoutflies could decide where it was

[outer heron]

yes

real fish

[mystic cape]

Got pics?

[hollow comet]

oh wow

[willow charm]

the only picture i could find of Lagiacrusichthysis a low-rez image of some decaying ones

[verbal copper]

I stopped playing for a bit

what the heck is a temnoceran monster?

[balmy swan]

Spiders

So Lala Barina and Nerscylla for Wilds

[verbal copper]

dangit

[balmy swan]

Yeah, "hunt 5 of this type of monster that there's only two kinds of in the game" strikes me as a bit of an odd weekly

[brave hazel]

...god I wish more people smacked you out of stuns

The ONE time I wish a dual blader would actually hit me and they just completely ignore me

[balmy swan]

There is a devil on my shoulder telling me to start running SA/DBs in Wilds

I fear I am starting to listen to it

[hollow comet]

dual blades are AWESOME

[frank epoch]

Do Hunting Horn

Join us

[hollow comet]

I will!

that's on my list...

[hollow comet]

even more ability to not get hit with the perfect dodge in Wilds

wheeee

speen

[balmy swan]

Sometimes I just want to deal with two buttons, the "I am standing where I want to be, go brrrr" button and the "I am not standing where I want to be, go brrrr" button

[hollow comet]

LOL

[balmy swan]

That is what the dual blades are to me

"oh, you're weak to Element? unfortunate, One Million Cuts"

[verbal copper]

I'm guessing that the akuma stuff is like... all paid DLC?

[balmy swan]

No I think it was in the free update

Though a lot of the cosmetics are paid

[hollow comet]

the low damage gestures and alma outfits are paid

the akuma armor and moveset, including the sf6 shoryuken gesture, come from the arena quest

which is free as mentioned

[verbal copper]

ahhh

[hollow comet]

😌

this Sword is Great!

[balmy swan]

hell yeah, get those big damage numbers

[brave hazel]

I miss Surge Slash

[willow charm]

fuck. this. dragon.

for the entire game "Win Pressure Negation" has been sitting in my HUD completely useless

i finally get to a wind-focused dragon, and fully activate it, and almost all its wind still damages me and knocks me back

i have the highest-damage hunting horn available to me and was trying to play aggressive, but it takes little damage anywhere besides its head, which it moves around too fast to reliably hit

if i had actually timed out i 100% would have uninstalled World and not touched it again

[hollow comet]

yeah....

i kept getting knocked about by it, should've brought more flash pods but I didn't think of that beforehand

https://medal.tv/games/mh-world/clips/jJoO7RhaVW4omqCgT?invite=cr-MSxMdGcsMTgwOTUwMTQ1LA

I was trying to use dragon pods to deactivate the aura but I'm not sure if it worked

[visual lava]

I'm actually impressed you stuck it out to the end

[frank epoch]

Yeah world kushala is a bit of a pain

I just make sure to bring some poison stuff or a poison weapon. Maybe something with elderseal

Flashpods, etc

Turns it from extremely annoying to slightly annoying

[balmy swan]

Elderseal does help, I've generally had good luck bringing my Jho swaxe

[outer heron]

fun fact, MR kushala is mostly immune to flashbangs

they only ever flinch it instead of stunning, so you can never knock it down with a flash

[vocal haven]

kush sucks ya

when it camps the tornado its so fuckign annoying

[tardy grotto]

Please don't. That's how you get more

[tardy grotto]

Oh, that's funny

Shouldn't it start glowing blue, though?

[outer heron]

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[verbal copper]

It flashes blue but would probably glow red

[hollow comet]

https://tenor.com/view/amused-entertainment-funny-cat-cute-gif-10503288196072246526

great...

i thankfully have not fought a world MR Kushala yet but I will keep that in mind

[naive elk]

Kushala is my least favourite elder fight

[hollow comet]

yeah 😔

[vocal haven]

we love abyssal

[balmy swan]

having a random Kut-Ku spawn in while my partner and i were fighting Gore Magala in the Wounded Hollow was... well, it sure was an experience

[naive elk]

lmao

[willow charm]

i know charge blade is supposed to be the most complicated thing ever that takes hundreds of hours to learn

[tardy grotto]

Not to learn

[willow charm]

but it's really just sword and shield but with better damage instead of unsheathed item usage

[tardy grotto]

To optimise

[balmy swan]

it's got a lot of moving parts, but once you figure out what each one does it's not all that complicated

[willow charm]

tbf

every weapon in the game is super hard to optimize against all the monsters

[naive elk]

my beloved is Dual Blades

[tardy grotto]

HBG go brrrrr

[naive elk]

R2 -> triangle/circle

fucking easy

insert dodge as needed

[tardy grotto]

Just wack a shield on it, and remember to stop firing

[naive elk]

there's literally nothing else

that's it

well i guess in Rise you have wirebug moves

[willow charm]

press O+△,△,△ for your basic noncommital combo that does solid damage, when it starts to overheat press R2+O to cool it and fill three juice cans, press R2+△, O, R2 for a combo that does huge damage but leaves you open and spends one juice can

and if you ever want to be really fancy press O+△, O+△, O+△, R2 to use five juice cans and charge your shield, giving it slightly more defense and damage for a few minutes

[hollow comet]

buh

https://medal.tv/games/monster-hunter-wilds/clips/kuFoyHVLY4zidUncO?invite=cr-MSxRMjksMTgwOTUwMTQ1

:D

1607 !!

[brave hazel]

Y'know what I vaguely wish

I wish the Kulu/Deviljho turf war in World had Kulu come out on top

Just pulls out a comically massive rock and brains Deviljho with it

[willow charm]

i mean it does have the power of final fantasy

[desert light]

violence on chicken noises

[brave hazel]

The Craeb Council has gathered

[halcyon fractal]

🆑🅰️🅱️

[heady stone]

"We should commit Deicide upon the Crab God"

[hollow comet]

hunting with others is pretty fun, fired off some sos flares in world and had a good time

my hammer is 2 steps off of being upgraded, then i’m gonna tackle the shatterhorn assignment to work towards raging brachy

[brave hazel]

HEY WAIT NO

[heady stone]

https://tenor.com/view/licking-knife-crabby-crab-pikaole-threatening-menacing-gif-23124914

[outer heron]

it's not about the basic combos, it's about guard points

which are relatively finnicky

but, prior to wilds, mostly necessary for doing all of your shit in a timely manner

[willow charm]

what exactly do you mean by timely?

because multiple weapons are a lot slower than everything the charge blade has

and relying on guard points for all your attacks feels sketchy, especially with how many multihit/unblockable attacks there are

[boreal spruce]

Squad shot

[hollow comet]

zoh shia weapons are pretty

[outer heron]

yuh

[tardy grotto]

Even the hammer?

[frank epoch]

Especially the hammer

[boreal spruce]

PS5 weapons

[brave hazel]

I love beating in a monster's head with a brick on a stick

[weak gulch]

From what I've seen/experienced, guard points let you multi-task/squeeze in other actions while also negating the attack you Guard Point'd.

[brave hazel]

...god I hate Hymn Of Sun & Moon

[hollow comet]

guessing metal raths?

[brave hazel]

Mmhmm

[hollow comet]

both at once?

had a gammoth + astalos arena quest

at least they were somewhat o&s-like

[heady stone]

Are you at G-rank yet in GU Dani?

[hollow comet]

yep! on the lao shan long G3 urgent atm

[heady stone]

If youre running a ranged weapon aim for his crotch

Best Pierce ammo target

[hollow comet]

:O

I'll keep that in mind if i fail 😭 i haven't been attacking it much personally because i get tapped by something and take 30%

[heady stone]

Yeah his walk cycle has a damaging hitbox so melee struggles

[hollow comet]

i also got hit by the shoulder bash because i didn't realize what it was

[hollow comet]

but I suppose if I run out of ammo I'll have to go hit it

I missed the first demolisher shot

😭

gonna finish it up one way or another tonight

[heady stone]

You brought crafting materials and combo books?

[hollow comet]

can you craft ballista ammo?

[twin ibex]

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZxI2dMHz99A?si=rEcYDz5FPULD4uXj

[heady stone]

Thought you were going ranged

[hollow comet]

nah i was still in the middle of my melee

redoing it, I'll try to win on time

i have no ranged gear

[hollow comet]

AT Rey Dau coming back July 1/2, not sure for how long

I can fight it properly equipped this time :D

[hollow comet]

it's done 😌

err, lao shan lung is

G3 time ^_^

[willow charm]

goddamn hunting horn is insane in Rise

i rebought it on steam, and decided to play through with hunting horn after mainly using sword & shield the first time

this was my first try and i'm not even that good

[halcyon fractal]

https://bsky.app/profile/pikminjake.bsky.social/post/3lryrnbpqjk2n

Jakob Dawson (@pikminjake.bsky.social)

Flagship Monsters are always so unique, there’s a certain extra quality that’s given to them because they’re so important.

Somehow they always turn out to be some of my best.

Bluesky · Jun 20, 2025, 12:25 AM

[hollow comet]

these are awesome

nergigante especially

[red gazelle]

So peak

[willow charm]

imo the single biggest buff the hunting horn has in newer games compared to pre-World is that it actually sounds good

so you don't have to constantly listen to blaring MIDI samples the entire time you're using it

[snow helm]

Well, thanks to the PlayStation page leak/accidental post we now have more or less absolute confirmation that ||we're getting Seregios alongside Lagiacrus|| and also that Legiacrus looks incredible

Or, I suppose, it's possible it's neither a leak or a mispost but entirely intentional. There just wasn't a lot of fanfare with the announcement just by an update to the PlayStation page for MHWild

[inland ruin]

remind me when is the update again?

[outer heron]

30th

[hollow comet]

4 tails

😌

[verbal copper]

4 tails

[void narwhal]

surely this is some kind of prophecy ape

[balmy swan]

Took the Wilds hunting horn for a spin last night, and I quite like it

It's been a hot minute since I played HH in World, but it feels like a lot of it has been tightened up to make the experience more comfortable

That said I absolutely had a few incidents of getting smacked by the monster while trying to remember what the hell my songs were xP

[frank epoch]

If you need any tips or have questions feel free to ping me!

[balmy swan]

Will do! Right now I'm still at the figuring out the basic flow stage

[frank epoch]

I may be a little invested in hunting horn lmao

[teal halo]

Good gods

[balmy swan]

I do like that every horn seems to have an echo note song now, so I'm not wondering what the hell to play once I've gotten all my buffs up

Also need to figure out the performance beat stuff, that's new to me

[frank epoch]

So when you play a song in Wilds, there is a timing window where you can press the performance button again right after finishing the song. This will make you do another smack as you go into the next song. It also has a tighter window for a "perfect" performance beat, which you know you'll have hit because you'll flash red when you hit it.

You can pretty consistently hit this because your hunter does the same little "shimmy" when performing songs: they'll do a step with their right foot, and then a step with their left foot. If you hit the performance button again when you do that left foot step, that's the timing you need for a perfect performance beat

You can do these performance beats after each song in your current performance staff, and the performance beats do more damage the more of them you do. This damage substantially increases with perfect performances, and if you get 3 perfect performances and then finish up with the little jaunty encore performance, and get that one perfect also, that is your single highest damaging move outside of I think a perfect five note Focus Strike

You can also hit (triangle + circle on Playstation, Y + B on xbox) after any song to immediately do an encore for the songs you've played so far, with the same left foot timing for a perfect beat

[balmy swan]

Do performance beats apply the increased buff effect, or do you have to encore for that?

[frank epoch]

You have to encore for that

But now you can encore after any song during your performance rather than just the end

So if you had Self Improvement, Attack Up, and Earplugs ready to play, you could do [Play SI > Performance Beat > Play Attack Up > Performance Beat > Play Earplugs > Performance Beat > Encore]

But at any point you can substitute a Performance Beat in there with an Encore now, and that will empower the songs you have played while keeping the ones you haven't in your staff

[balmy swan]

Interesting 📝

[frank epoch]

So if you know you won't have a full opening to play everything, you can still get some empowered songs without having to load them back up, with some good foresight

[balmy swan]

So performance beat is more for upping the damage output of a recital when you have a large window, it sounds like?

[frank epoch]

Yeah, exactly

[balmy swan]

Gotcha, thanks!

[frank epoch]

You can also fine tune your positioning with it because you can do directional Performance Beats

If you hold a direction while doing a PB you will do a quick mini-dash in that direction

[balmy swan]

Oh nice

I'll have to remember that

[frank epoch]

So forward, back, left, right, and neutral

Neutral (no directional input) is probably the fastest PB to do since the animation is so short

Do you know about the extra note inputs during Echo Bubble Dances, Focus Attacks, Flourishes, and Super Slams?

[balmy swan]

I do, yeah

I'm working in remembering them mid-hunt 😛

[frank epoch]

Gotcha

[balmy swan]

But I like all of the little ways you have to cheat in extra notes

[hollow comet]

dang this is really cool

[frank epoch]

If anyone has any questions about horn I will do what I can to answer

Inshallah our ranks will grow

[balmy swan]

Oh yeah one other random question @frank epoch -- what does the Sonic Barrier song do?

[frank epoch]

It provides everyone in the party with an indefinite buff. It will greatly mitigate the next instance of damage they take, or fully block the next roar, and then the buff disappears. Encoring it won't do anything.

@balmy swan

[hollow comet]

any wilds horn reccs?

[balmy swan]

I'm enjoying the Rathian horn rn. Decent raw, white sharpness, poison, a good spread of songs, and not too much of a pain to farm

I also want to try the Dosha horn, and I'm going to be farming for the Arkveld horn

I need to get some practice in with an offset horn

[frank epoch]

What kind of playstyle do you like?

[hollow comet]

i am not sure

I generally play solo if that helps, but don't know what styles horn supports

[frank epoch]

How good are you at not getting hit?

[willow charm]

are you in postgame? because if not, the horn you should go with is the best one you can currently craft

[hollow comet]

not amazingly so, but if I stay mindful about positioning I can do fairly well

[hollow comet]

yep I am

[frank epoch]

I'm personally a big fan of the Zoh Shia hunting horn with the 4 piece Zoh Shia set bonus. It's a well rounded build that's got great damage and solid survivability with the set bonus and echo bubbles

I can show you the build once I get home

Zoh Shia horn is very solid in general

Just a good song list with good damage, just kinda does everything pretty well

Not the best at one single thing (except I guess being a high damage horn that has a healing echo bubble) but it's very solid overall

[hollow comet]

oooh, that's cool

[balmy swan]

dooted Rey Dau into submission last night, now i have a Lord's Inspiration armor set for my hunting horn

[verbal copper]

Wonderful

[frank epoch]

Yes...good...good...

[verbal copper]

Hunting Horn afficianadoes rubbing their hands grinch grinning at the hornering

[mystic cape]

A Rey Dau HH set sounds a bit... horny. jumps out of the windo and into my getaway boat

[frank epoch]

It's good for damage

The AT Rey 3 piece set bonus is at least

[gentle knoll]

LAGI

[balmy swan]

i did not have ||return of underwater sections|| on my bingo card, as obvious as it seems in retrospect

[brave hazel]

STEVE'S BACK AGAIN

[mystic cape]

https://youtu.be/GAf4Z4rCpK4?si=KfIX0xpOsCowWCcd

[balmy swan]

couple a new monster heads to bonk in, i'm good with this

[hollow comet]

:D

[balmy swan]

with the way Tokuda was talking about his previous work on the two of them i feel like he's just adding in his favorites of the monsters he's previously designed, and tbh i support him in this

[balmy swan]

literally huge, holy crap

[hollow comet]

yeahhh! :D

[balmy swan]

...this is a big weapon pass, holy crap

[hollow comet]

i thought they already had that :O

[balmy swan]

no, i think it was just the final hit of the golf swing combo

you could hold the last hit to adjust the timing, but i feel like this is going to be an easier offset to land

guard points for CB are back, they can Perfect Guard now

including comboing into savage axe

[void narwhal]

insect glaive deemed perfect

the amount of DB buffs is surprising, felt quite strong but will accept

[hollow comet]

ohhhh wait, are these level 1 and level 2 charge??

or 2 and 3

[willow charm]

who says hunting horn is bad at getting tails?

[hollow comet]

Boltreaver Astalos got hands

[hollow comet]

😌

[daring current]

WE FINALLY GOT LAYERED WEAPONS WE ARE FREE

wE ARE FREE

also ||Seregios.|| hell yeah

[desert light]

STEEEEEVEEEEEEE

[near bane]

finnaly dont have to use the same or the ugly weapons all the time for the most damage

[void narwhal]

Optimizers stay winning alas

[daring current]

UNDERWATER COMBAT IS [sorta] BACK WE ARE BALLIN

LETS GO

[hollow comet]

failed raging brachy at the very end 😭 😭

got hit twice, stunned into a puddle and it roared

[brave hazel]

God I wish raging brachy was better

[hollow comet]

got a +9 expert talisman but crit eye +1 and AuS loses me 2.4 raw on average compared to just Attack Up L

feels bad

[balmy swan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orrBQvETB9A

[prisma badger]

got the jrpg fit together in wilds

[hollow comet]

oohh hell yeah

that's a cool sword

[prisma badger]

It's the ||charge blade from lala barina||
I've been mistaken as an npc by a friend I've been playing with for 40 hours, so it's working 😆

[hollow comet]

LOL

[balmy swan]

RNG talisman crafting in TU3?

[mystic cape]

God damn it no! Not again!

[desert light]

Noooooooo

Do not want

[void narwhal]

least favorite addition to any of their games

less gambling please

[naive elk]

Lets go gambling

[hollow comet]

they already have deco rng

[lethal mirage]

Like with the artians

A mod will be released within days that allow for crafting a desired one

[void narwhal]

And like that one I shall continue to be on console :p

[lethal mirage]

The woes of console

[hollow comet]

boltreaver astalos does a lot of damage

working on playing less greedily and focusing on the head

then it's flash time

[desert light]

Also regardless of mods, I strongly disagree with the eternal grind being a desirable thing in monster hunter

(or any nominally single player game)

[mystic cape]

I am of the opinion that the only RNG that should exist in MonHun is monster part drops since it's easier to control than literally any other kind of RNG

[desert light]

Patch is out btw!

[balmy swan]

i am exercising every ounce of my willpower to go to bed instead of playing it

i did jump in long enough to turn off the glowing buff aura on my character model tho

much better

[desert light]

Oh damn, Sergios armor has a new skill that's very nice - Adrenline Rush. Up to +30 attack for perfect evades. Set bonus is Razor's Edge, which extends the duration, and extends it furhter (but onyl once) if you trigger it again while it's up. If you get the set bonus 2, you get even more attack

Set also gives you Agitator 3 and Evade window 3 + Adrenline rush 5 if you're using the beta set

[desert light]

Apperntly adrenline rush isnt new

[stiff dust]

big day for dual dagger and bow fans

[vocal haven]

DAGGERS? gasp Excuse you! It's Blades /j

[stiff dust]

then why so small and puny

[desert light]

They're about a real life two-hander in size <.<

They are Not Small.

[desert light]

Also lol, i forgot what channel we were in for a moment, and i was like oh shit helldivers got the ability to dual weild daggers?!

[stiff dust]

oomf forget i can play more than one video game

[tardy grotto]

I'd say more a bastard sword sixe

[stiff dust]

they are to me. im big

[desert light]

Fine, fine, pick the hand-and-a-half sword.

We'll call you Halfhand Founty.

😄

[tardy grotto]

I happen to like bastard swords

[verbal copper]

It's true Ashley! is very big

[brave hazel]

Is anyone else having issues with infinite loading screens

[brave hazel]

Wait this actually looks not terrible

[balmy swan]

excellent drip

[brave hazel]

Oh shit that old man is SERVING

[balmy swan]

Gahhh, 3.5 more hours of work before I can play

[willow charm]

I think it's beautiful that after all this time and all the hundreds of fancy weapons, the pinnacle of monster hunting technology is still a very big pointy spinny stick

[frank epoch]

Wrong. Swordfish.

[willow charm]

(to be clear I was thinking of Dragonator, not swords)

[frank epoch]

Oh I was thinking of charge blade lol

With pointy spinny stick

[willow charm]

spiky spinny stick is more accurate

[brave hazel]

Good lord Steve can throw hands

I hope they introduce Seregios packs, it would be a nightmare but it would also make sense from what I know of Steves

[vapid quartz]

Oh shit its out?!

I gotta get on this

They let my boy keep his dignity in his own house 🥹

[brave hazel]

For once

[brave hazel]

I like that Capcom is using Rise's style of layered weapons where it's just something you can equip rather than World's style

Oh god he's gonna have me run comically convoluted errands for him or do some wacky chore

[brave hazel]

Oh shit they used the old victory theme for Lagi

There's a mystery longsword tree down beneath the Lagiacrus longsword, any idea what it is?

[teal halo]

steve?

[snow helm]

I suspect it's the pickaxe LS that's in a lot of games, maybe from an event later this update

[brave hazel]

Nah it isn't Steve's

I wish it was Bazel's but there's no mystery tree in the dual blades segment, so that rules him out sadly

[teal halo]

me when i do a badass samurai technique with a pickaxe

[brave hazel]

Mining scales off of a monster

I still really hope they shadowdrop him in at some point

Be funny if it was with AT Duna

You're hunting the newest big bad superboss and then all of a sudden you hear that hauntingly familiar violin start to play

[teal halo]

and then you realize what's happening once the other instruments start up. "oh no. he's back."

[brave hazel]

Mostly just want him back so I can wear my old Rise drip again

The helmet and coil are Seething Bazel, yeah, but still

[frank epoch]

Bazel drip was excellent

One day God willing we'll get Akantor again

[brave hazel]

God I'd kill for Akantor

[daring current]

chat

[frank epoch]

Nothing will ever come close to the Akantor GS drip

[brave hazel]

Holy fucking bingle it's Dr. House

[daring current]

Lagiacrus is so fucking peak.

It has made me somehow nostalgic for a game i've never played.

[brave hazel]

Ditto

I now understand why people have been yearning for his return for years

[frank epoch]

Yeah he's cool

[daring current]

I kept hearing people whine that you couldn't use weapons during underwater combat, but like, you kinda can with the CC

seriously peak

[frank epoch]

He was cool in GU but no underwater combat made him feel weird and a lot less threatening

[daring current]

and the fucking Tri leitmotif

[brave hazel]

Aye

And the victory theme for him specifically

[daring current]

THE. TRI. LEITMOTIF

thats what gets me

[brave hazel]

Gonna grind out for his longsword for sure

Gorgeous blade

[brave hazel]

Wait what if it's what the Fender collab is gonna have lmfao

You were expecting a guitar hunting horn but NAY! I have HORNSWOGGLED you and given you a guitar LONGSWORD!!!!!!!!!!!

[frank epoch]

We already have a guitar hunting horn. Three in fact!

Both Zinogres and Fatalis

I think Rise...Basarios had one?

But that was Rise horn

[teal halo]

i hope for Gog

[tardy grotto]

I want a shadowdropped Bazel

[teal halo]

guess who's being deranged again. thats right. me. i'm doing monster hunter conlang in order to make a sort of "monster language"

[desert light]

Going by data mines ||very likely for tu3||

[teal halo]

oh i am aware

[tardy grotto]

Gog?

[teal halo]

gogmazios

[tardy grotto]

Conlangs are never deranged

[teal halo]

i have NO IDEA how to do it

[tardy grotto]

Ok, that concept slaps

[tardy grotto]

Read Tolkien

[teal halo]

i have

[tardy grotto]

And many linguistics textbooks

[teal halo]

i havent

and also i have the attention span of a cat

[desert light]

Rookie mistake

[desert light]

Also rookie mistake. (Said with love as a fellow adhder)

[teal halo]

i learned what conlangs were literally an hour ago

[teal halo]

what, gog, or the monster language idea?

[desert light]

That's an hour you could have spent reading linguistic textbooks!

[tardy grotto]

Both

[teal halo]

i didnt know that i should've been doing that

[tardy grotto]

Don't worry

[lethal mirage]

I'd love this

[tardy grotto]

They just help in knowing how languages work

[lethal mirage]

He has imo one of the best designs in the series

[teal halo]

i know a lot about english and its history, so i know how one language works at least

[tardy grotto]

My suggestion for language 2:

Japanese

It is totally different

[teal halo]

i've been meaning to learn it

it'd help with the future telling shadow creature who lives in my head and only speaks in fluent german and japanese (i do not know either language how does she speak those)

-# not being serious about that but sometimes i do hear those languages float through my head and i don't know how

[desert light]

Picking them up from what you watch or the ilk?

I've watched so much anime etc I have a very low grade understanding of Japanese.

Enough I can tell when subtitles aren't matching with what's said, but not enough to like follow along without subtitles

[teal halo]

thats the thing

i dont watch many shows

in general

so i have no clue how i'm doing this

[teal halo]

wait

i may know

i listen to a LOT of vocaloid

[brave hazel]

Wait on god

...on Gog lmao

Oh boy I can't wait to go look through the CAIN server, I'm sure there are many funnies and laughs to be ha-

Holy fuck, SHARA ISHVALDA?!?!?!?!

[teal halo]

take a guess who's tupper that is

[brave hazel]

Oh is that you?

[teal halo]

yeah, sorta

Shara is one of my headmates

[brave hazel]

An entire fucking elder dragon???

How do you fit her up there???

[teal halo]

she isn't the only one

[brave hazel]

gurhurhurhurhurhur

[teal halo]

we also have nergi, malzeno, valstrax, and recently gogmazios and zoh shia

[brave hazel]

Got a whole roster up there good god

[teal halo]

our headspace doesn't follow the laws of physics.

[brave hazel]

Tell em I said hi and that I'm sorry for stealing their skin to make boots and ludicrously oversized swords

[teal halo]

i will

[desert light]

Man, i am super rusty. Temepred Steve is murderizing me

[elder lava]

On my end I'm annoyed that I missed AT Rey Dau, now that there's a gunlance that scales off of thunder res
While also being really good in general

[desert light]

Yeah, that's valid

It is deffo annoying

[hollow comet]

are they rerunning it today?

[desert light]

At rey dau? I have no idea

[heady stone]

Yayyy more grinding for minimal rewards!

[rich valve]

I believe that they said that AT Rey Dau would return at the start of July but IDK if it has appeared yet

although I think it is the event quest to fight Rey Dau but not the timed one that gives you a cosmetic pendant? not sure

[hollow comet]

playing Valor GS

it's strange having no tackle

[snow helm]

I absolutely adore Valor GS

But that's partly because I never really got the tackle down as part of my GS gameplan and so never really ran GS at a high level

Valor feels sort of like GS mixed with Swaxe a little bit

[frank epoch]

Wilds GS is probably better than Valor GS, but it took a damn long time for anything to take the crown

Valor GS is so peak

[brave hazel]

I miss Surge Slash

[frank epoch]

I may eventually go back to risebreak but with what base rise did to horn I don't know if I could

[hollow comet]

yeah, it's pretty cool so far

I still have to wrap my head around what I can do because I did exactly 1 hunt lol, but I can see the vision

got a good ol headsnipe flinch with it

[frank epoch]

Strong slash is insane

Just kinda weird to do. Gotta be standing still and do X + B I think

[brave hazel]

...oh I am gonna have to WORK for this water orb

[brave hazel]

...Christ I wish Spread didn't suck

[boreal spruce]

Banished to the washing machine

[brave hazel]

Holy FUCK that is a big Seregios

[mystic cape]

Holy shit yeah that big

[tardy grotto]

Chonky

[brave hazel]

Think that's my gold crown Seregios located

Jesus Christ it's bigger than a Rathalos

[tardy grotto]

Rath isn't that big

[brave hazel]

Aye, amended

Anyone wanna hunt it with me? Got the investigation saved thankfully.

[tardy grotto]

I don't have Wilds 🥲

Otherwise, sure

[tardy grotto]

Heading off for some HR hunts in World, if anyone wants to Join

[willow charm]

so what's the most powerful lifeform in the monster hunter universe?

i feel like it has to be Aurortle, but there could be something even stronger i'm not thinking of

[brave hazel]

Us, the Hunters

[tardy grotto]

Grindin Uragaan

[amber frost]

Quick answer would be the hunters due to the fact they always pretty much kill anything but assuming that's excluded, some of the frontier monsters can get kinda crazy

(granted frontier could be argued as cheating due to its nature of being closer to MMO)

[frank epoch]

i'd say frontier is cheating lmao

buncha horseshit in that game (imagine i'm saying this lovingly)

[desert light]

Yeah a lot of frontiers designs are too fantastical, rather than the more grounded magical realism that monster hunter usually does

[tardy grotto]

Man, the Killcams are so good

[brave hazel]

I got an insanely hype one of my friend once

Raw as FUCK

[halcyon fractal]

SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hollow comet]

🔥

[brave hazel]

Good lord why do I need three Lagi sapphires for his armor set

[zealous laurel]

The Wide Range 5 charm demands ones too. 🥲

[verbal copper]

Look at me. Look at this ripper.

[void narwhal]

What noises that dang thing make

[verbal copper]

the suffering of others

[verbal copper]

Is there anything that stops bleeding?

Ah it's a trinket

[tardy grotto]

I've also tried "not getting hit", with reasonable success 😛

Bulwark HBG is so fun

[mystic cape]

Also jerky

Traditionally, sushifish

[verbal copper]

I've been sushifishing with wide range

but honestly the main problem feels like it's chunky as heck

tempered indeed but also oof ow

[hollow comet]

rations stop bleeding in wilds iirc

[lethal mirage]

Rations are busted

[desert light]

They don't refill your red health bar like they used to tho'

[lethal mirage]

This has been the first game I've ever fought a seregios

And I have to say

I hate it

It's my least liked fight so far

[desert light]

He is vtuned real high on the damage this time

[desert light]

Well, that's a bummer

first time i've ever had to kick someone from a MH lobby

But fuck right off with your "Go back to low rank, kid" stickers because someone fainted

[stiff dust]

has performance improved any as of recent patches?

[desert light]

Tu2 seems to have helped, I think?

[stiff dust]

swag

strong ashley return to monstie huntie then

[hollow comet]

:O

i wonder if i need to clear my shaders manually or whatever

never got around to that

[desert light]

I would recommend doing this, as Capcom have also recommended it

Shaders def compile fast now, which is nice

Also @stiff dust @hollow comet steam update their in game fps thing you can find under settings (overlay?), so you can get a much better breakdown of where and why performance is choking. Eg seeing what your actual frames vs DSSL is, CPU usage etc

[hollow comet]

ooh awesome, ty!

[balmy swan]

Yeah, I've noticed the game launching a lot faster lately, which I suspect has to do with the shaders compiling faster? Not sure if that's from an update or from manually clearing them

But it's nice to not have to wait 3-5 business days when I decide I want to drop in for a hunt or two

[balmy swan]

Ugh. Why do people gotta be like this

[balmy swan]

By the way, do we have any idea what the "special sharpness" does on the Seregios weapons? Is it just a few swings' worth of Protective Polish or does it have other effects?

[brave hazel]

That is a frighteningly accurate Harley Quinn cosplay

[zealous laurel]

Pretty sure it's a few swings of effectively purple sharpness, as it gives a higher damage multiplier than white.

[balmy swan]

I was wondering if it was something like that 👀 neat!

[zealous laurel]

I haven't experimented with it myself yet, but looks pretty cool for dodge-happy weapons like bow or dual blades.

Ooh or LS

[hollow comet]

yeah, I'm really excited

these are my 2 mains for wilds lol

[zealous laurel]

Nice, you're eatin' good with TU2. I've been running hammer lately so needless to say I'm chuffed as well. 😆

[hollow comet]

:D

hammer is a great time yeah, I'm excited to try out the new offsets

i haven't engaged with offsets much but this might be my gateway

[zealous laurel]

I'm still struggling a bit with the timings, but I definitely get a lot more accidentally than before 😂

The golf swing combo -> mighty charge uppercut loop gives tons of opportunities for them

Oh yeah and the new followup is very strong and satisfying

[hollow comet]

[mystic cape]

Might need to make the new Seregios set since AdRush is procced by Foresight Slash and I'm a filthy LS main

...Hey does the Seregios weapon skill also proc on Foresight?

[hollow comet]

:O

the more you know

I love LS but have trouble hitting counters sometimes if the frame rate is unstable, but hoping I can get stable 30 after the update

[zealous laurel]

Yes it does

[mystic cape]

Sick

[balmy swan]

Yeah TDS has already put out a Seregios LS speedrun video, because of course they have

That one's using the armor, not the weapon, though

[hollow comet]

they worked some magic, i'm getting stable 30 (for now)

I also haven't cleared my shaders since I first got the game so clearing them probably helped

[brave hazel]

Aw fuck, lizard got a gun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lb6qTyG0dw

[brave hazel]

...on the topic of guns I think this might be bigger than the actual Seregios HBG, good lord

[brave hazel]

I never thought I'd see the day when someone incorporated the Doshaguma chest into something good looking

That's a really nice fit, holy

[teal halo]

and it's specifically the G Doshaguma chest, damn

[void narwhal]

Whaat I've had a Doshu fit the whole time, ASYMMETRY IS GOOD

the G one is shockingly dye friendly

[outer heron]

that dosha outfit is gorgeous, wow

[willow charm]

https://bsky.app/profile/garretthanna.bsky.social/post/3lt5vfuc6k22a

Garrett (@garretthanna.bsky.social)

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[brave hazel]

...god, tempered seregios is miserable

[desert light]

Simply do not get kicked

[verbal copper]

I've been doing my best to offset the feet when they decide to swoop at me

[hollow comet]

i've been perfect blocking with sns but the counter slash followup is iffy

does a lot tho

[balmy swan]

i failed a tempered steve investigation bc i was doing a perfect guard chain and then its hook kick deadangled around my block 😭

[desert light]

After saying this, i failed a tempered steve investagtion to a kick XD

Which like

Deserved

that's whati get for mouthing off

to be fair, my advice is good!

[hollow comet]

😔

[balmy swan]

i do kinda like stacking the steve armor set + steve GS for evasion shenanigans

i'm like 90% sure that the Adrenaline Rush proc triggers when your iframes collide with a monster's attack hitbox, or something to that effect, because i was definitely seeing it proc when i rolled into attacks from outside their hitbox

me, throwing myself headfirst into a monster's attack: "aha, by dint of skill i have narrowly avoided harm, what an incredible rush!"

the monster, probably: "what the fuck"

[brave hazel]

Do y'all know any armor pieces that go well with the Kranodath Alpha chest piece

[vapid quartz]

which version,

i think the lala arms 1 look pretty good with the puff arms one

[brave hazel]

The non-puffy arms one

[vapid quartz]

Imo the rathian arms and legs work pretty well

How do you turn off effects btw like glowy sshiz

[vapid quartz]

The second ones I mean

[brave hazel]

...does nobody invest in fucking armor anymore, why am I seeing so many onetaps on tempered gore magala hunts

[frank epoch]

Tempered gore's got some big moves, and armor spheres in this game have been scarce enough that I frankly just forget about upgrading armor

[brave hazel]

Can't you just

Make them

I swear I remember there being an armor sphere smithy in Azuz

[frank epoch]

I think you can but that's another step to getting even a small number of them when historically it was pretty easy to do so

Without much effort or melding or whatever

[visual lava]

I'm pretty sure he can still one shot you even with maxed out armor

[frank epoch]

That too, yeah

Like that big rear-up -> slam move hits very hard

[brave hazel]

...yeah

That was shitty of me to say, wasn't it

[visual lava]

eh

[frank epoch]

Not really. I've certainly seen more heated gamer moments

[visual lava]

There is a way to make spheres but I don't remember it off the top of my head. It's pretty slow/inefficient though from what I recall

I think you make them at the big forge in Azuz

using monster mats

[hollow comet]

yeah tempered gore hits hard

where is my valor dodge

[desert light]

Right now, I've hit like 430ish armor? You can apparently get up to like 500, which I need to investigate

[vapid quartz]

i fee i need to fully level my shit cuz i was getting near oneshot by tempered steve kicks

[brave hazel]

Yeah that's been happening to me too with fully leveled kit

He just kind of deals unreasonable amounts of damage

[hollow comet]

and runs a lot of offense

gonna try with sns next

[brave hazel]

...oooooooooooooh lord

I forgot how much I fucking love gunlance

[verbal copper]

One of the best horns to bring against Steve is one that gives you a large defence buff, or heroics. Let's people survive just a little longer with divine procs

It's hilarious to be pinned down hearing heroics chime again and again as Steve claws at you

[desert light]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW9dEQUecOo

Some good greatsword tech

[desert light]

..

lol

i just got 4 umbra gems out of one Xu wu quest

[desert light]

https://i.redd.it/0uulysq2m3bf1.png

"How about i just... No.t"

[tardy grotto]

Is that a Mizu and 3 Lagis?

[verbal copper]

I think that counts as a natural disaster

[desert light]

FUCK YES

Took out 5* Tempered Steve with no faints

[desert light]

Yes, yes it is

[desert light]

And it was an 8 star quest.

Like okay, i dropped 4 different sets of boulders on dsteve

but DAMN

that feels good

[brave hazel]

Oh that looks fucking miserable

I want in on the fun

[hollow comet]

ooh very cool

[brave hazel]

Do people just run macros to automatically get into investigations

Getting moderately tired of constantly seeing "Sorry, quest is full" when it hasn't even started yet

[lethal mirage]

No, the investigations system is just bad

[desert light]

Or rather, the way of joining into them is bad

As a solo player, investigations are brilliant and I enjoy em lots

[willow charm]

i know there's a lot of stuff in monster hunter that's very silly if you think about the internal logic

but Pierce Ammo has to be one of the silliest

if you use a starting bowgun, late-game monsters can literally survive ten thousand bullets piercing directly through their skull and out the other side of their head

[desert light]

Well

you see

redudant organs

[tardy grotto]

The monster brains are smol, so can dodge

[mystic cape]

It skips along the hide like a stone on a lake

[desert light]

Alas poor odogaron. The dumbest dog

[mystic cape]

The Tunnel Effect

[desert light]

(he is, canonically, not very bright. Believes in himself real good though!)

[tardy grotto]

I say this is a Bulwark HBG main

Every time the monster thinks he's clever, i simply stop shooting

[desert light]

So, wait, you're giving them positive reinforcement for not being idiots? Wow

[tardy grotto]

Wrong

Get parried, idiot

[rapid lion]

I feel bad about the odogaron hate because he's my favorite fight. On both IG and DB, the odogaron fight feels halfway between a dance and a bullfight.

[zealous laurel]

Ody don't need smarts when he got AGGRESSION

[void narwhal]

Odo is a goodboi sharpest friend, great animations great aesthetic love the teefs

[zealous laurel]

I remember in World, he would try to fight Vaal Hazak

Very brave boi

[mystic cape]

Did not win that fight

Odo also gets relentlessly bullied by the pickle

[zealous laurel]

Anger Pickle has no chill

[desert light]

I love him very much! He's just dumb. But he's a very good dumb boy

[vapid quartz]

,,,

[teal halo]

well

[desert light]

It's not my thing, but you can't argue they don't know their audience

[vapid quartz]

i love how erics up there with the girls

the atronach seikret is great too

[tardy grotto]

The atronach seikret does go hard

[desert light]

Conversely, I hate it! I find it very boring. But that's okay, doesn't need to be for me 🙂

[outer heron]

erik should've shown more skin

[teal halo]

i like fire

[tardy grotto]

Boring and derviative, I agree. Still well executed

[tardy grotto]

Who doesn't

[teal halo]

smokey

[tardy grotto]

If Smokey had no fires, his life would be the most boring on the planet

[teal halo]

that IS how rivalries and nemeses work

[vapid quartz]

True I saw all 3 swimsuits and was thinking of that one panel in chainsaw man where Denji is thinking about angel devil

The sunhats are so gooddddd and I can actually see alma choosing that which is refreshing

Are those whales charms or what are they

[desert light]

Poor AT Rey Dau.

Mount knockdown into tempoered wound knockdown into KO into pitfall trap.

[vapid quartz]

with the new hammer it feels so good i love the offset but i feel im braining things into unconciousness in a loop they're smelling the floor half of the hunt

[crude kayak]

tempered Lagiacrus hurts a lot

[balmy swan]

One thing I kind of wish Wilds had, even though it'd probably be funky to implement, is some kind of way to search SOS flare quests by monster tier rather than specific monster

Like if I'm just trying to farm Certificate 2s or 3s and I don't care what specific monster I get them from, it'd be nice to be able to pull that up without having to remember which monster drops what

[void narwhal]

Far enough from "heheheh bikini" that I find 'em cute but not gonna 12$ about it

[brave hazel]

FUCKING finally, good lord